Cyborgs in the Academic Library: A Cyberfeminist Approach to Information Literacy Instruction

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-46

  Schlesselman Tarango, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic libraries; critical information literacy; cyberfeminism; feminist pedagogy; information literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894336709     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2014.872529     Document Type: Article

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